Dawn

Dawn Robinson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 29, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Q. Records
• ASIN: B00005QDBO
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #209,630 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Set It Off

2. Still

3. Party, Party

4. Get Up Again

5. Envious

6. Meaning Of a Woman

7. I Don't Know Why

8. Fed Up

9. Our Child

10. How Long

11. Read It In My Eyes

12. You Will Never

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Pleasing, August 20, 2002

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Raider Jack "Jackie D Gray-Romeyn" (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dawn (Audio CD)

The biggest question surrounding this is why, indeed, a woman like Dawn Robinson who easily handled lead vocalist chores for the likes of En Vogue and Lucy Pearl, has been on the R&B scene for WELL over 10 years, has proven that she has mass appeal on a variety of genres, yet could not have the assistance of such high profile producers, like Jimmy Jam & Terri Lewis, Babyface, Jermaine Dupri, hey, at this point even Puff, oh 'scuse me, P. Diddy (geez) would have been okay. The point being a woman of Dawn's caliber/talent deserved much more than new/unknown producers. The end result is a CD worth getting simply because it is Dawn but only a few standout cuts which fuel the CD. I certainly don't regret buying it and if you generally appreciate Dawn's talent, you won't either. But you know, it's like eating Chinese....excellent when you finish the meal but in a couple of hours, you are starving....In any event, I look forward to her next outing because I honestly think she has what it takes. Hopefully, she will have garnered the artistic respect she deserves and getter a better caliber of producer.

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Trying to keep up with the times...badly, October 21, 2002

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Scott Woods (Columbus, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dawn (Audio CD)

To say that this record was a disappointment would suggest that I thought it might be good and then, upon listening to it, that it failed to meet my expectations. Fortunately, I can say that this much is not true. Her interviews during the noticeably brief, quiet press junket she went on to promote this record always gave the impression that she had resigned herself to this record more than believed in it and after even just a casual listen you can understand why: it's utterly non-progressive, and with the state of R&B music today, that's not even close to being a good thing. The record sounds smooth and well-produced, but some of the vocal arrangements try to make her voice do the work of a trio or a quartet and it just ain't happenin'. That, and the music just doesn't go anywhere we haven't heard a hundred times just TODAY.

Actually, I take that back: it goes everywhere. In what must be an attempt to keep up with the kids today (most of whom have stolen notes from En Vogue's journal) we are subjected to the Destiny's Child rip-off song (#10 How Long"), the Missy Elliot rip-off song (#3 "Party, Party"), the Aaliyah rip-off song (#8 "Fed Up"), the half-of-the-already-wack-radio rip-off song (#5 "Envious" and #12 "You Will Never") and the I-don't-need-En Vogue rip-off song (which I guess makes it another Destiny's Child rip-off song; #6 "Meaning of a Woman"). The record starts off promising with the first track, but then veers into questionable territory soon after.

#7 - "I Don't Know Why" - saves this record from a pure 1 star (read my 2 stars as 1 and a half).

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Treat Worth Waiting For, February 19, 2002

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Tourmaline (ATL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dawn (Audio CD)

I've been waiting for a solo album from Dawn Robinson for a couple of years now. Though she has been involved with groups of talented singers, her vocals have always seemed to stand out from the rest. This album's release took a lot longer than I initially hoped it would, but it was worth the wait. My personal favorites are Set It Off(an instant favorite that will command repeated listens), Still(a tight rock-type track), Don't Give Up and Read It In Your Eyes. Those fans of Dawn's work with EnVogue and Lucy Pearl will pleased with this album because it is a combination of the two styles of music. But Dawn Robinson's sassy vocals and commanding style are what make this album distinct. I recommend this album and hopefully, you will enjoy it as much as I do.